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US envoy to SKorea in stable condition after knife attackhttp://www.mail.com/news/world/3395188-us-envoy-to-skorea-stable-condition-knife-attack.html
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — U.S. Ambassador Mark Lippert was in stable condition after a man screaming demands for a unified North and South Korea slashed him on the face and wrist with a knife, South Korean police and U.S. officials said Thursday.
Media images showed a stunned-looking Lippert examining his blood-covered left hand and holding his right hand...Thu, 05 Mar 2015 07:48:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/world/3395188-us-envoy-to-skorea-stable-condition-knife-attack.html2015-03-05T07:48:00ZAfter Ebola ban, N. Korea opens marathon to foreignershttp://www.mail.com/scitech/health/3395688-ebola-ban-n-korea-opens-marathon-to-foreigners.html
TOKYO (AP) — After lifting travel restrictions it imposed because of concerns over the Ebola virus, North Korea says foreigners can now take part in one of its most popular tourist events — the annual Pyongyang marathon, a travel agency said Thursday.
Even though no cases of Ebola had been reported anywhere near North Korea, the country shut out foreign t...Thu, 05 Mar 2015 06:32:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/scitech/health/3395688-ebola-ban-n-korea-opens-marathon-to-foreigners.html2015-03-05T06:32:00ZCorrection: United States-North Korea-Nuclear storyhttp://www.mail.com/news/politics/3376740-correction-united-states-north-korea-nuclear-story.html
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a story Feb. 24 about North Korea's nuclear program, The Associated Press reported erroneously that estimates of North Korea's future nuclear stockpile were made by the U.S.-Korea Institute at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. The estimates were presented as part of a project conducted by the U.S.-Korea Institute, but were made by t...Wed, 25 Feb 2015 17:41:24 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/politics/3376740-correction-united-states-north-korea-nuclear-story.html2015-02-25T17:41:24ZFearing Ebola, N. Korea bars tourists from capital marathonhttp://www.mail.com/scitech/health/3373344-fearing-ebola-n-korea-bars-tourists-capital-marathon.html
TOKYO (AP) — Further restricting travel to the already isolated country, North Korea barred foreigners from one of its most popular tourist events — the annual Pyongyang marathon — because of concerns over the Ebola virus, travel agencies said Monday.
While no cases of Ebola have been reported anywhere near North Korea, the country shut out foreign touris...Mon, 23 Feb 2015 12:59:01 GMThttp://www.mail.com/scitech/health/3373344-fearing-ebola-n-korea-bars-tourists-capital-marathon.html2015-02-23T12:59:01ZUN official: NKorean human rights, cult of Kim can't coexisthttp://www.mail.com/news/world/3335184-un-official-nkorean-human-rights-cult-kim-coexist.html
TOKYO (AP) — A campaign within the United Nations to haul North Korean leader Kim Jong Un before an international court for crimes against humanity has touched off a defensive fury in Pyongyang, where it's being treated like a diplomatic declaration of war — an aggressive act aimed not only at shutting down prison camps but also at removing Kim and dismantling his family's t...Tue, 03 Feb 2015 03:12:12 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/world/3335184-un-official-nkorean-human-rights-cult-kim-coexist.html2015-02-03T03:12:12ZNorth Korea may be restarting nuke plant: US institutehttp://www.mail.com/news/us/3327326-north-korea-restarting-nuke-plant-us-institute.html
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea may be attempting to restart its main nuclear bomb fuel reactor after a five-month shutdown, a U.S. research institute said Thursday.
If true, the finding, which is based on recent commercial satellite imagery, will be an added worry for the United States and the North's neighbors at a time of increasing animosity ove...Thu, 29 Jan 2015 03:44:53 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/us/3327326-north-korea-restarting-nuke-plant-us-institute.html2015-01-29T03:44:53ZNorth Korea's Kim Jong Un mulls Russia for his world debuthttp://www.mail.com/news/politics/3302238-north-koreas-kim-jong-un-mulls-russia-world-debut.html
TOKYO (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is looking increasingly likely to visit Russia in his first trip abroad since taking power three years ago, giving the world an unprecedented chance to see him at work on the international stage.
Moscow has invited many world leaders — including Kim and the presidents of China and South Korea — to celebrations ...Thu, 15 Jan 2015 02:42:18 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/politics/3302238-north-koreas-kim-jong-un-mulls-russia-world-debut.html2015-01-15T02:42:18ZNorth Korea hints at nuclear test moratoriumhttp://www.mail.com/news/politics/3295906-north-korea-hints-nuclear-test-moratorium.html
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea has told the United States that it is willing to impose a temporary moratorium on its nuclear tests if Washington scraps planned military drills with South Korea this year, the North's official news agency said Saturday.
Washington called the linking of the military drills with a possible nuclear test "an implicit thr...Sat, 10 Jan 2015 15:40:31 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/politics/3295906-north-korea-hints-nuclear-test-moratorium.html2015-01-10T15:40:31Z3 things to know about new US sanctions on North Koreahttp://www.mail.com/news/politics/3287852-3-things-to-us-sanctions-north-korea.html
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Here are three things to know about new U.S. sanctions against North Korea over a cyberattack on Sony Pictures, whose movie depicting the fictional assassination of North Korea's leader has infuriated Pyongyang, which denies responsibility for the cyberattack:
NORTH'S REACTION AIMED AT DOMESTIC AUDIENCE AS WELL...Mon, 05 Jan 2015 08:56:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/politics/3287852-3-things-to-us-sanctions-north-korea.html2015-01-05T08:56:00ZNorth Korean leader open to summit with Southhttp://www.mail.com/news/world/3283974-north-korean-leader-open-to-summit-with-south.html
PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said in a New Year's speech Thursday that he is open to more talks or even a summit with his South Korean counterpart, a statement welcomed by Seoul, which in turn urged the North to take concrete steps toward normalization of relations.
Kim's call for improving inter-Korea relations comes as P...Thu, 01 Jan 2015 08:27:11 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/world/3283974-north-korean-leader-open-to-summit-with-south.html2015-01-01T08:27:11ZSouth Korean to drop Sony film in North by balloonhttp://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/3282422-south-korean-to-drop-sony-film-north-balloon.html
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A South Korean activist said Wednesday that he will launch balloons carrying DVDs of Sony's "The Interview" toward North Korea to try to break down a personality cult built around dictator Kim Jong Un.
The comedy depicting an assassination attempt on Kim is at the center of tension between North Korea and the U.S., with Washingto...Wed, 31 Dec 2014 05:47:21 GMThttp://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/3282422-south-korean-to-drop-sony-film-north-balloon.html2014-12-31T05:47:21ZRussia offers support to North Korea amid Sony hackhttp://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/3276796-russia-offers-support-to-north-korea-amid-sony-hack.html
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia on Thursday offered sympathy to North Korea amid the Sony hacking scandal, saying the movie that sparked the dispute was so scandalous that Pyongyang's anger was "quite understandable."
Washington failed to offer any proof to back its claims of Pyongyang's involvement in the hacking, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Lukash...Thu, 25 Dec 2014 16:29:07 GMThttp://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/3276796-russia-offers-support-to-north-korea-amid-sony-hack.html2014-12-25T16:29:07ZKey N. Korean websites suffer short outages after shutdownhttp://www.mail.com/news/politics/3273886-key-n-korean-websites-suffer-short-outages-shutdown.html
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Key North Korean websites suffered intermittent outages Tuesday after a nearly 10-hour shutdown that followed a U.S. vow to respond to a crippling cyberattack on Sony Pictures that Washington blames on Pyongyang.
It wasn't immediately clear what caused the Internet stoppage in one of the least-wired and poorest countries in the w...Tue, 23 Dec 2014 19:30:52 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/politics/3273886-key-n-korean-websites-suffer-short-outages-shutdown.html2014-12-23T19:30:52ZA look at North Korea's limited Internet capabilitieshttp://www.mail.com/scitech/news/3274000-north-koreas-limited-internet-capabilities.html
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — An hours-long Internet outage Tuesday in one of the world's least-wired countries was probably more inconvenient to foreigners than to North Korean residents, most of whom have never gone online. Even for wired Koreans south of the heavily armed border separating the rivals, the temporary outage made little difference — southerners are banned by law...Tue, 23 Dec 2014 07:48:08 GMThttp://www.mail.com/scitech/news/3274000-north-koreas-limited-internet-capabilities.html2014-12-23T07:48:08ZUN Security Council takes up N. Korea's human rightshttp://www.mail.com/news/world/3272638-un-security-council-takes-up-n-koreas-human-rights.html
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council took up the issue of North Korea's bleak human rights situation for the first time Monday, a groundbreaking step toward possibly holding the nuclear-armed but desperately poor country and leader Kim Jong Un accountable for alleged crimes against humanity. North Korea quickly denounced the move.
The meeting a...Mon, 22 Dec 2014 23:36:24 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/world/3272638-un-security-council-takes-up-n-koreas-human-rights.html2014-12-22T23:36:24ZN. Korea threatens strikes on US amid hacking claimshttp://www.mail.com/news/politics/3271984-n-korea-threatens-strikes-us-amid-hacking-claims.html
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — President Barack Obama is "recklessly" spreading rumors of a Pyongyang-orchestrated cyberattack of Sony Pictures, North Korea says, as it warns of strikes against the White House, Pentagon and "the whole U.S. mainland, that cesspool of terrorism."
Such rhetoric is routine from North Korea's massive propaganda machine during times...Mon, 22 Dec 2014 04:25:43 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/politics/3271984-n-korea-threatens-strikes-us-amid-hacking-claims.html2014-12-22T04:25:43ZNorth Korea proposes joint probe over Sony hackinghttp://www.mail.com/scitech/news/3270258-north-korea-proposes-joint-probe-sony-hacking.html
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea proposed a joint investigation with the U.S. into the hacking attack against Sony Pictures Entertainment, warning of "serious" consequences if Washington rejects a probe that it believes would prove Pyongyang had nothing to do with the cyberattack.
The proposal was seen by analysts as a typical ploy by the North to tr...Sun, 21 Dec 2014 00:40:24 GMThttp://www.mail.com/scitech/news/3270258-north-korea-proposes-joint-probe-sony-hacking.html2014-12-21T00:40:24ZHack attack spurs call for more NKorea sanctionshttp://www.mail.com/scitech/news/3268388-hack-attack-spurs-call-nkorea-sanctions.html
WASHINGTON (AP) — Suspicions that North Korea was behind a destructive hacking attack against Sony Pictures and a threat against movie theaters are intensifying calls for tougher U.S. steps to cut that country's access to hard currency and declare it once more as a state sponsor of terrorism.
At first glance, U.S. options for responding to the hacking att...Fri, 19 Dec 2014 08:33:48 GMThttp://www.mail.com/scitech/news/3268388-hack-attack-spurs-call-nkorea-sanctions.html2014-12-19T08:33:48Z'The Interview' jeopardizes overseas movie villainshttp://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/3267886-the-interview-jeopardizes-overseas-movie-villains.html
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hollywood loves its overseas villains. Evil forces from Russia, China and North Korea have tirelessly menaced our big-screen heroes in recent years. But, in the wake of the startling cancellation of "The Interview," an entire species of movie baddies might be in danger of extinction.
One film already bit the dust. "Pyongyang," an adapti...Fri, 19 Dec 2014 01:51:24 GMThttp://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/3267886-the-interview-jeopardizes-overseas-movie-villains.html2014-12-19T01:51:24ZA look at North Korea's cyberwar capabilitieshttp://www.mail.com/scitech/news/3266594-north-koreas-cyberwar-capabilities.html
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Most North Koreans have never seen the Internet.
But the country Washington suspects is behind a devastating hack on Sony Pictures Entertainment has managed to orchestrate a string of crippling cyber infiltrations of South Korean computer systems in recent years, officials in Seoul believe, despite North Korea protesting innocenc...Thu, 18 Dec 2014 11:33:32 GMThttp://www.mail.com/scitech/news/3266594-north-koreas-cyberwar-capabilities.html2014-12-18T11:33:32ZUS man illegally in NKorea says he's not detainedhttp://www.mail.com/news/world/3259524-us-man-illegally-nkorea-hes-detained.html
PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — North Korea on Sunday presented to the media an American man who says he illegally crossed into the country but has not been put into custody and is seeking asylum in Venezuela.
Arturo Pierre Martinez, 29, of El Paso, Texas, said he entered North Korea by crossing the river border with China. Details of how and when he got in...Sun, 14 Dec 2014 16:49:50 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/world/3259524-us-man-illegally-nkorea-hes-detained.html2014-12-14T16:49:50ZUS warns NKorean officials over prison campshttp://www.mail.com/news/politics/3254172-us-warns-nkorean-officials-prison-camps.html
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States had a tough message Wednesday for officials running North Korea's notorious network of prison and labor camps: We know who you are, we know what you are doing.
U.S. assistant secretary of state, Tom Malinowski, made the remarks as he shared a stage at the State Department with two young North Korean defectors to mark in...Wed, 10 Dec 2014 23:07:24 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/politics/3254172-us-warns-nkorean-officials-prison-camps.html2014-12-10T23:07:24ZNKorea denies Sony hack, calls it 'righteous deed'http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/3247224-nkorea-denies-sony-hack-calls-righteous-deed.html
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea released a statement Sunday that clearly relished a cyberattack on Sony Pictures, which is producing an upcoming film that depicts an assassination plot against Pyongyang's supreme leader.
While denying responsibility for an attack last week that disrupted Sony's computer system and spewed confidential information ont...Sun, 07 Dec 2014 06:47:25 GMThttp://www.mail.com/scitech/news/3247224-nkorea-denies-sony-hack-calls-righteous-deed.html2014-12-07T06:47:25ZExperts see Korean parallels in Sony hackhttp://www.mail.com/scitech/news/3241628-experts-korean-parallels-sony-hack.html
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Some cybersecurity experts say they've found striking similarities between the code used in the hack of Sony Pictures Entertainment and attacks blamed on North Korea which targeted South Korean companies and government agencies last year.
Sony is working with the FBI and Silicon Valley security firm FireEye to investigate the att...Thu, 04 Dec 2014 22:18:58 GMThttp://www.mail.com/scitech/news/3241628-experts-korean-parallels-sony-hack.html2014-12-04T22:18:58ZRussia: North Korea ready to resume nuclear talkshttp://www.mail.com/news/world/3218896-russia-north-korea-ready-to-resume-nuclear-talks.html
MOSCOW (AP) — North Korea says it's ready to resume international talks on its nuclear program, Russia's foreign minister said Thursday as Moscow sought to raise its profile in the international standoff over Pyongyang's nuclear and missile programs.
Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov spoke after meeting with Choe Ryong Hae, a special envoy for North Korean l...Thu, 20 Nov 2014 14:32:02 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/world/3218896-russia-north-korea-ready-to-resume-nuclear-talks.html2014-11-20T14:32:02ZUN push against North Korea on rights moves aheadhttp://www.mail.com/news/world/3214906-un-push-north-korea-rights-moves-ahead.html
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The world's boldest effort yet to hold North Korea and leader Kim Jong Un accountable for alleged crimes against humanity moved forward Tuesday at the United Nations, where a Pyongyang envoy threatened further nuclear tests.
The U.N. General Assembly's human rights committee approved a resolution that urges the Security Council to re...Wed, 19 Nov 2014 03:41:44 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/world/3214906-un-push-north-korea-rights-moves-ahead.html2014-11-19T03:41:44ZTense turns in freeing US captives in North Koreahttp://www.mail.com/news/politics/3211798-tense-turns-freeing-us-captives-north-korea.html
WASHINGTON (AP) — When U.S. spy chief James Clapper flew to North Korea on a mission to bring home two U.S. captives, he ran into a potential hitch. North Korean officials wanted a diplomatic concession of some sort in return for freeing the men and Clapper had none to offer.
"I think they were disappointed," Clapper said, fleshing out details of the secr...Sun, 16 Nov 2014 18:03:56 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/politics/3211798-tense-turns-freeing-us-captives-north-korea.html2014-11-16T18:03:56ZObama defends commitment to Asia Pacific regionhttp://www.mail.com/news/politics/3210090-obama-defends-commitment-to-asia-pacific-region.html
BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — President Barack Obama vigorously defended his commitment to strengthening U.S. ties with the Asia Pacific, arguing Saturday that while a flurry of crises elsewhere in the world have demanded his attention, those matters have not weakened his dedication to this fast-growing region.
"There are times when people have been skeptica...Sat, 15 Nov 2014 04:30:01 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/politics/3210090-obama-defends-commitment-to-asia-pacific-region.html2014-11-15T04:30:01ZObama rejects notion of breakthrough with N. Koreahttp://www.mail.com/news/politics/3200642-obama-rejects-notion-breakthrough-with-n-korea.html
BEIJING (AP) — President Barack Obama is squelching speculation that the release of two Americans held in North Korea might pave the way for a new round of nuclear talks, saying the U.S. needs more than "small gestures" before reopening a high level of dialogue with Pyongyang.
Shortly after Obama arrived in China, North Korea's neighbor and chief benefact...Tue, 11 Nov 2014 02:07:57 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/politics/3200642-obama-rejects-notion-breakthrough-with-n-korea.html2014-11-11T02:07:57Z